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Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > General
This collection of rugby humour is perfect for anyone who lives and
breathes the glorious game. Packed with the very best quips and
quotes for lovers of the oval-shaped ball, it guarantees laughs and
lots of celebratory fist pumps. Scrum down and prepare yourself for
a full-on tour of the game through the eyes of iconic players,
pithy commentators and dumbfounded celebrities. It'll reveal
whether rugby really is a game that requires all brawn and little
brain, explore the divisive history between the Union and League
and celebrate the legends of the sport. Up until the final whistle,
the quotes in this book will have you on the edge of your seat.
Offering an amusing look at the lives of rugby stars on and off the
pitch, it'll have you cheering for more and make you even more nuts
for the honourable and always beautiful game than you already are.
Has this ever happened to you? You're reading Romeo and Juliet but
you keep getting frustrated because there's no bank heists and
barely any surfing. You're halfway through watching Point Break on
your laptop when you slam it shut, shouting "this doesn't even
rhyme!" You're trying to hold a copy of a Shakespeare play and your
Point Break DVD in the same hand so you can pick up a cup of coffee
with your other hand but they don't fit together and they slip out
of your hand so you try to catch them with your other hand but that
spills coffee all over your white t-shirt and the play and the DVD
and the cup hit your toe and you cry out in pain but then you
glance at the title of the play and it's Much Ado About Nothing
which just adds insult to injury so you throw your head to the
heavens and scream "there has to be a better way!" Well now there
is. Point Break and Shakespeare, together at last.
Discover all the foul facts about the history of the Emerald Isle
with history's most horrible headlines: Irish edition. The master
of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to Ireland.
From why wax models were captured and made prisoners of war and
which warriors went to battle naked to how to make yourself
invisible. It's all in Horrible Histories: Ireland: fully
illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising stories - with
all the horribly hilarious bits included with a fresh take on the
classic Horrible Histories style, perfect for fans old and new the
perfect series for anyone looking for a fun and informative read
Horrible Histories has been entertaining children and families for
generations with books, TV, stage show, magazines, games and 2019's
brilliantly funny Horrible Histories: the Movie - Rotten Romans.
Get your history right here and collect the whole horrible lot.
Read all about it!
Over the course of its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
cultivated a loyal fandom and featured a strong, complex female
lead, at a time when such a character was a rarity. Evan Ross Katz
explores the show's cultural relevance through a book that is part
oral history, part celebration, and part memoir of a personal
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tone. Katz addresses these issues and more, including interviews
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Green, Marc Blucas, Nicholas Brendon, Danny Strong, Tom Lenk,
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of the cast including Stacey Abrams, Cynthia Erivo, Lee Pace,
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